1925*
Short cheers this month for Sully Sullivan, Paul Jerman, Bob McKennan, and Ken Hill—who delivered the monthly news on time—just as they did a month ago. From Bob McKennan:—
"News on nearby '25ers is rather scarce, but herewith a few items that I have picked up since I last wrote you:
"Tom Frost has gone back to the great open spaces of the Far West, and is now working for the Pitchfork Ranch—a dude ranch located on the head waters of the Graybull river; post office address, Meeteetse, Wyoming. During the dude season Tom's job consists of personally escorting successive parties of children, school teachers, and in the late fall, hunting parties through the Big Horn mountains.
"Justin (Bug) Bugbee is still located in his native Springfield, Vt., where he is practicing dentistry in association with his father.
"Bob Sawyer is located in Ossipee, N. H., as clerk of court for Carroll County. This job should be pretty much a permanent appointment as long as Carroll County stays in the Republican ranks; and since Parker Merrow is one of the local Republican politicos there is not much likelihood of the county deviating from the straight and narrow.
"Jim Curry was in Hanover a few weeks ago, renewing acquaintances with old friends and comparing notes with members of the Chemistry Department. Jim is a member of the Department of Chemistry at Williams. He is still unmarried, although I would not guarantee that this state will continue indefinitely. Jim spent last summer touring through the Northwest, but didn't run across any '25ers in his travels.
"Phil Coykendall has moved to Springfield, Mass., and consequently is now out of my territory."
Nort Can field is being kept very busy with his work on a new treatment for deafness. We have Nort's name down for a "brief biography" and would much appreciate someone in his vicinity volunteering to write up his story. Ken Hill contributes a fine biography of Lane Goss for this issue. Chaunce Hawley has left Wilkinsburg and is now living at 647 Cascade Road, Pittsburgh.
CARL BRIDENBAUGH'S NEW BOOK
The Dartmouth clan of Hartford, Conn., gathered on December 20 for dinner, speeches, and some excellent movies of the Stanford game. 'asers present included Chick Childs, Johnny Whitman, and Sully Sullivan. John is now assistant secretary of the Graphic "Arts Company. Sully writes: "The Providence Journal of November 17 devoted practically a full column to a recent lecture by Professor Carl Bridenbaugh on 'The New England Town,' which drew so many customers that it had to be shifted from Brown's Faunce House Art Gallery to the Faunce House Theatre." Classmates will remember that Bridy was awarded the Justin Winsor prize a year ago. The award was based on his book, "Cities in the Wilderness," which has just been published this month and of which Dr. Charles A. Beard says: " 'Cities in the Wilderness' is one of the 'must' books for the history of American civilization." The book is published by the Ronald Press Company of New York, who say in their announcement: "An absorbing study of the life of Colonial America as it actually developed under urban conditions from 1625 to 1742—its physical, economic, social, religious, political, moral, and cultural aspects. Five towns are given detailed attention: Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. To emphasize the course of historical change, the work is conveniently divided into three chronological periods: The Planting of the Villages: The Awakening of Civic Consciousness; The Towns Become Cities."
Turning Back the Pages—From TheDartmouths of February, 1923. February 19—"J. G. Rogers 2d '25 broke the New England Intercollegiate 100-yard breaststroke record, covering the distance in 1 min. 18 2-5 sec. Reynolds of Brown, who took second place, established a new Brown record of 1 min. 19 4-5 sec." February 21—" E. E. Day 'O6 Becomes Head of Economics Department of University of Michigan." February 22—"Hockey Team with Record of Thirteen Wins and One Loss Defeats Harvard 1-0." February 26 "Green Downs Cornell and Harvard on Track. K. P. Libbey '25 First in Pole Vault, M. B. Skiles '25 Tied for Second. E. B. Blake '25 First in goo, H. N. Bates '25 Second. N. Canfield '25 First in Broad Jump. Dartmouth First in Mile Relay with Three '2sers—Bates, Blake and Blodgett."
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES, 1925—NUMBER 6
C. Lane Goss
If memory serves me correctly, at the senior class voting in 1925, Lane Goss was awarded the title of "Most Likely to Succeed." He certainly hasn't let the class down in their judgment of his ability.
After graduating from Dartmouth, he spent a year at Oxford, where he won his oar rowing for one of its colleges, and then went with the Bankers Trust Company in Paris to study the foreign end of banking. Then he came back to Hanover as assistant to the president of the Dartmouth National Bank. He took courses in second year Tuck School at that time, and has been studying ever since with some school or other, at present being a member of the Graduate School of Banking, class of 1940. He then went to Worcester, his present home, as assistant cashier of the Worcester County National Bank, and specialized on loans—particularly dubious and border line cases. After the bank holiday in 1933, the bank changed its name to the Worcester County Trust Company and Lane became vice president, specializing in loan forecasting, public relations, and branch management. Then came a promotion to Trust Department vice president and trust officer.
In the meantime he served as president of the Worcester Safe Deposit Company, director of a large department store, trustee of the Merryfield Building Trust, director of a furniture factory at Gardner, vice president and director of a real estate company, and treasurer and director of a grocery concern. His many outside positions, past and present, include director Worcester Club, district treasurer Taxpayers' Association, secretary-treasurer City of Worcester and Worcester County Clearing House, Bankers' Committee of Massachusetts Taxpayers' Association, chairman of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce, director of a famous organization—the Worcester Music Festival, assistant class agent—class of 1925, active in Plan E for city manager type of government, director New Hampshire chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, trustee of the Mechanics Savings Bank, chairman of publicity for the Community Chest, vestryman in All Saints church, publicity committee of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, treasurer of the University Club, and trustee and finance committee of the Walnut Hill School of Natick, Mass. His ability was further recognized recently when he became the vice president and a trustee of the Worcester County Institution for Savings, the largest savings bank outside of Boston in Massachusetts, with resources of over fifty-five millions.
His clubs include the Worcester Club, University Club of Worcester, Chamber of Commerce, Tatnuck Country Club, Cocheco Country Club, Dover, N. H., Dartmouth Club of Worcester, Y. M. C. A., Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Music Festival, Travelers Aid Society as director, Foreign Policy Association, Worcester Advertising Club, Financial Advertisers Association of America, and the Worcester County Republican Club.
In 1928 he married Constance Woodworth of Concord, N. H., a Vassar graduate. Her father, the late Edward K. Woodworth '97, came from a long line of Dartmouth men. In fact Connie's Woodworth ancestor went up with Eleazar Wheelock to found the College. On Lane's side, he is the seventh generation of bankers, skipping one, and his great, great, etc., grandfather, graduated from Dartmouth in the early 17705. On both his and Connie's side there has practically always been a living relative graduated from the College.
In spite of his many activities, Lane finds time to collect antiques, attend plays, and enjoy his family life with his wife and two children, Georgia 9 and Woodworth 6 (probably another banker). In 1930 he bought a 300-acre farm at Dover, N. H. The old farm house, built in 1733, has a most interesting history and stored powder for the battle of Bunker Hill. In December, 1774, Lane's ancestor, Jonathan Chesley, and twelve other patriots came down the Piscataqua river from Durham in a gondola to Newcastle, N. H. Here, with other patriots, they captured Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) by surprising the garrison in stocking feet. This was probably the first overt act of the American Revolution. They took all the powder and hid it in the Durham church and later removed it to Lane's farmhouse, from where it was taken to Bunker Hill—permitting the New Hampshire delegation to have munitions after other companies were out of powder.
Lane and Connie have done considerable traveling. In 1935 they went to London, where Lane studied loans and credits in the London banks. Business and pleasure have taken them to South America, Mexico, Mid-West, West, and the South.
K. B. H.
Secretary, 344 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
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